Staff Infrastructure Engineer

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Backend Development

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Job Description

VGW seeks a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to provide technical leadership and guide infrastructure product teams. Responsibilities include ensuring system scalability, reliability, and support for future growth. The role involves working with AWS (ECS/EKS Kubernetes), Docker containers, Kotlin/JVM, TypeScript/React, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Snowflake. The ideal candidate possesses proven AWS or cloud architecture experience, familiarity with DynamoDB or similar databases, Kafka experience, and strong system design/optimization skills. Excellent communication and collaboration are essential. This hybrid role can be based in Krakow, Poland, or remotely within Poland.
Must have:
  • Proven AWS/cloud experience
  • DynamoDB or similar database familiarity
  • Kafka experience for streaming services
  • System design & optimization skills
  • Strong application architecture understanding
  • Excellent communication & collaboration
Perks:
  • Flexibility
  • Competitive compensation & benefits
  • Learning & development opportunities
  • Career progression
  • Fun and inclusive workplace
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Staff Infrastructure Engineer

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Engineering team in Poland and are currently looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to join the team. 

As a Staff Engineer on our infrastructure team, you will play a critical role in providing technical leadership and guiding our infrastructure product teams to ensure our systems are scalable, reliable, and capable of supporting future growth.

This position can be based in our Krakow office on a hybrid basis or performed remotely from anywhere in Poland.

What you should know about our Engineering team:

  • We make room to do things the right way, rather than hacking stuff in
  • You own your projects: you build it, you ship it, you run it
  • We were born in the cloud: practices and principles like CI/CD, IaC, O11y and CyberSec are part of what we do

When it comes to Learning and Development:

  • Learning is part of our fabric. We have a world-class Engineering Learning and Development program and we are passionate about career development. 
  • Thought Leaders regularly give tailored talks and workshops for our team.
  • We are proactive in the community attending many local and international conferences.
  • We have both a technical and management track for career progression and promotions.
  • We have a library of books and videos with good content and encourage staying on top of new practices.

In terms of our tech stack, we host our docker containerised apps on AWS, sometimes in ECS but moving to EKS Kubernetes. In the containers, we run Kotlin on the JVM. TypeScript runs our client side where it’s mostly React. Our databases are PostgreSQL and DynamoDB with Snowflake as our Data warehouse.

What you bring

  • Proven experience with AWS or other cloud-based architectures.
  • Familiarity with DynamoDB or related databases
  • Expperience with Kafka for streaming services.
  • Ability to design and optimise systems for scalability and performance.
  • Ability to implement, coach and share their strong understanding of application architecture.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach. 

About VGW

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games.

With high-quality, acclaimed brands including Chumba Casino, Global Poker and LuckyLand Slots, we entertain and delight over one million players in North America.

As pioneers in sweepstakes promotions for online social games, we also offer our players the opportunity to redeem incredible prizes.

At VGW, one of our core values is "our players come first". This means always striving to deliver a safe, responsible and positive player experience.

Why VGW?

At VGW, we’re more than just a team. We’re a diverse and inclusive group of individuals, each playing a vital role in our success.

Our core values are clear and strong; we win together, do what’s right, put our players first and are powered by passion.

We believe in our people and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, inspired, and supported. We recognise that life is more than just work - that’s why we’re all about flexibility so you can strike a healthy balance between your personal life and career. We’re also here to champion your growth in your current role and future aspirations, providing opportunities for learning and career advancement. And to top it off, we back this all up with competitive compensation, perks and benefits.  

But it’s not all business. We inject fun into the workplace, celebrate together and create lasting memories, from a mix of in-person and online events, to social gatherings and much more.

It’s our combined skills, ideas and visions that drive us forward. Join us on this exciting journey, and together, we’ll achieve remarkable things. 

If you want to join a team that does things differently, apply today - we look forward to seeing what you can bring to our team.

Find out more at www.vgw.co

 

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About The Company

Pioneering the online social gaming experience. 


We are a fast-growing technology company and creator of market-leading online social games.  


Our business is innovative and is setting new standards in the online social games market. Our success comes from hiring amazing people who are challenging the status quo by testing, pioneering and pushing the boundaries. 


For over a decade, VGW has developed popular games that provide our many players entertainment with a thrill. 


We understand the importance of providing games and content that capture our customers’ imagination while building a reputation of trust and security, working alongside the biggest marketing and payment partners across the globe. 


VGW exists to provide our players with the ultimate entertainment experience.


To ensure we maintain a safe and respectful online community, we have developed house rules for our LinkedIn page: https://www.vgw.co/social-media-policy/

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